A. Beckett’s work expresses a certain frustration with the inability of language to fully capture the human condition.
B. Beckett’s play explores how language helps to form one’s notion of self.
C. Beckett’s work captures an almost transcendent melancholy as it explores human
desires for a redemption that may or may not ever materialize.
D. All of the above
Related Mcqs:
- In Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot”, which of the following statements best describes the play’s setting ?
A. Stark and sterile
B. Flowery and ornate
C. Futuristic and technologically advanced
D. Ancient and sophisticated - How did one critic sum up Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot ?
A. “nothing happens-twice”
B. “political correctness gone mad”
C. “kitchen sink drama”
D. “angry young men - How did one critic sum up Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot ?
A. \nothing happens-twice\
B. \political correctness gone mad\
C. \kitchen sink drama\
D. \angry young men - Which of the following statements best represents the main theme of Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” ?
A. The world can be fully understood if people listen closely to what others are saying.
B. Good things, including salvation, come to those who are patient.
C. Redemption comes from surrendering to a higher power.
D. People are fundamentally unable to realize any sort of inherent meaning in existence. - One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: “The historical approach, for instance, might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time, we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish Plot and the Exclusion Bill Crisis, and that there are obvious similarities between the Conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot in history. The Tories would never approve of the bloody Popish Plot, but they nonetheless sympathized with the plotters for the way they were abused by the Tory enemy, the Whigs. Thus it makes sense for Otway to condemn the conspiracy itself in Vencie Preserv’d without condemning the conspirators themselves.” What purpose does this prescribe to ?
A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the readin
B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
D. All of the above answers are correct. - Which of Shakespeare’s play is his only play that has never been adopted for film or Television ?
A. Taming of the Shrew
B. The two Noble Kinsmen
C. Troilus and Cressida
D. Cymbeline - In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” who is chosen to play Pyramus in the craftsmen’s play ?
A. Peter Quince
B. Francis Flute
C. Nick Bottom
D. Tom Snout - A critic of Thomas Otway’s “Venice Preserv’d” wishes to know why the play’s conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, are portrayed in a sympathetic light. She examines the author’s life and times and discovers that there are obvious similarities between the conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot. She is most likely a critic ?
A. Historical
B. Feminist
C. Tory
D. Psychological - The statements below are parts of the steps on “How to Analyze a Play”. Which comes in as second thing to do before writing a critical essay of a play ?
A. Identify External Factors Related to the Work
B. Interpret the Play
C. Analyze the Staging
D. Analyze the Essential Elements of the Play - “The Second Shepherds’ Play” is part of which play cycle ?
A. Cornish cycle
B. York cycle
C. Roman cycle
D. Wakefield cycle
